Circe Riddle (Book 3)

Chapter 6

TW: Harm, blood, drinking, smoking

(Still Mattheo's pov)

"So you don't remember anything that happened within the last few hours?" Thomas asked

"No, what did I do?" Circe questioned

"It doesn't matter as much as figuring out what is going on with you and these voices" I commented

"What voices?" Thomas asked

"Circe has been hearing voices" I explained

"What kind of voices?"

I looked at Circe "There in my head, they come at random times and they just keep repeating the same word over and over. Louder and louder, until I can't stand it, it's almost as if my nightmares are coming true" She started tearing up

"What does the voice say?" Thomas asked, stepping closer to Circe

"Sometimes it's my name, other times is danger, or forest, or other dark things"

"How often do you hear them?"

"Almost once a day"

"Mattheo, Theodore, one of you stays with her at all times. I have to go" With that Thomas disappeared.

"I need some air" Circe disappeared, I could see her eyes turn crimson before she left.

"Theo you go back to your dorm or whatever, I will keep an eye on Circe for tonight"

I left the common room to try and find her, she had blocked off her mind so I couldn't read it. I finally found her holding a guy up against the wall. She was choking him. She let him go and started punching him. I went over and grabbed her shoulders, she turned around to face me and the guy ran away. She tried to punch me but I grabbed her hands and pushed her to the wall "Stop" I shouted "This isn't going to help anything, look at yourself, look at your hands" She looked down and the blood and then she looked away. I let her go and slowly backed away, she slid down the wall and started crying, hugging her knees to her chest. I heard footsteps coming down the hallway and Theodore appeared, he went to Circe on the ground and hugged her. A bunch of thoughts circled my head, I ran my fingers through my hair then turned around a appareted back to my room. All the things that had been happening lately came rushing back, everything that I was becoming, that Circe was becoming. Everything was wrong, completely and utterly wrong. I grabbed a drink and sat on the floor, in the corner of my room, I drank till I couldn't, till I forgot about everything.

(Circe's pov)

Theo hugged me and told me that everything was alright, I started tearing up again but he wiped the tears away "Hey, hey, it's ok, everything will be fine" He apparated us to my dorm and laid me on the bed. He went to the bathroom and came back with a towel to wipe the blood off then I got into the sheets and fell asleep.

I left one world of darkness to enter another world of darkness. Trees and snakes and vines, then darkness, pain, and powerlessness. I awoke breathing fast, I saw Theodore's eyes look up at me from the corner of the room "Nightmare?" He asked, whispering

"Yeah" I replied

"You want to talk about it?"

"No" I replied

"Well try to think about happy things" He walked over to the nightstand where I had my dream catcher "And if you use the dream catcher in the right way, it will do its job" He held it up to the wall then pulled his hand away and it stayed put, hanging above the bed. He smiled and I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep.

I opened my eyes and saw the sun shining through the windows. Theo was out on the balcony, smoking as always. I took a quick shower then got dressed and ready for the day. While Theo went to his dorm to change and get ready for the day I headed to Mattheo's dorm. I opened the door but he wasn't there so I went and laid down on my bed. A couple minutes later he opened the door and stumbled into the room, he left the door open and I went to close it. He took a couple steps then face planted onto the floor, I rolled my eyes "Oh great, you're drunk" I pulled him up and brought him to his bed. "How much did you have?"

"I- I don't knoowww, maybyyy like, IDK I forgot"

I shook my head "Since when do you, does anyone say IDK out loud, I don't think I ever use it, I have only heard muggles use it, for their... devices"

"Well I heard it from somewhere"

"Can I ask you why you were drinking?"

"Because of you" He laughed "and me, are whole lives are messed up" He laughed again "And we are doing nothing about it"

"Why because of me?"

"Like I said before, I'm not the best role model and well you apparently didn't listen because you're turning into me" He smiled "A person with a drinking problem who punches people when they are angry. A person who has daggers, who skips classes, and doesn't care about the rules"

"I care about the rules"

"Your out past the time your suppose to, every single night, not to mention the fact that you go into the forbidden forest plus your in the Slytherin common room and this room which you aren't really allowed to be in"

"And does anyone ever catch me, no. Have I ever got a detention... also no"

"Thats worse, a rule breaker that goes unpunished, it's not fair to the others"

Someone opened the door "Circe, ready for breakfast, is Mattheo coming?"

I could tell it was Theo "Mattheo's drunk, really drunk, so no" I replied

"Omg, I'm like totally not drunk, I feel great, why would I be drunk? I'm beautiful"

I stared at him "Oh my, You are turning into a teenage girl, he's officially lost it" I stared at him blankly

"Let's go before he wants to braid our hair and paint our nails" Theo suggested from behind me

"Yeah, but we can't just leave him, can we?"

"Why don't we lock him in the bathroom?"

"Oh yeah, great. So he will drown in the tub in no time"

"How is he going to drown in the tub?"

"He's Mattheo, he almost drowned in a fountain and he got a concussion from falling down the stairs"

"Yeah, you raise a good point"

"Do you know a spell that can put him to sleep?"

"That would work"

We left and headed to the Great Hall. Theo sat opposite of me and was staring at me for most of the meal "Why have you been staring at me for so long?" I asked

"I'm thinking"

"Wow, I didn't know you could think" Enzo commented "I thought all you could do was lean against walls and act like nothing bothers you while drinking and smoking"

"Hey" Theo elbowed Enzo "I read a decent amount"

I finished my food then got up "I'm going on a walk, want to come with Theo?"

"Sure" He replied then got up with me. We walked out the Great Hall and started down the hallway. I suddenly heard the voice again. Its voice rang in my ears, I grabbed Theo and apparated to my dorm. Forget forget forget. 

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